5 Illuminations of Christian Hope

Hope is needed in this world of uncertainty, deception, and lies. In a post-modern and post-Christian world, there seems to be a loss of hope.

Cosmos is Good

Genesis 1 and 2 reveal this Creator who intimately and lovingly made the cosmos and called it good. The cosmos: the universe and everything in it. When Christ died for humanity, he died for us cosmically. The death and resurrection had cosmic affect. God spoke all things into being. In the Silmarillion (Tolkien’s history of Middle Earth), the Creator sang all into existence—all that which was in harmony was akin to goodness in Genesis. What was in disharmony was fallen, fell, or foul. It is like the medieval understanding of the universe—the music of the spheres. Each sphere had a purpose and driving traits. They are all in harmony acting upon those on earth. Though the medieval imagination was incorrect scientifically by what we know about the universe today, at least they had the realization of the spiritual world. They saw angels and demons in the heavens—not a cold sterile blackness. Cold and cruel. With impending doom of black holes. They saw, understood, imagined the light of God. The love of God. The love of God permeating every facet of the universe communicating through the angels of each sphere—Sole (sun), Jupiter, Mars, Venus, etc. The earth at the middle. The earth had fallen and was silent amidst the heavenly spheres. But the music was there, only it could not be heard except through those seeking to listen to the harmony of the Creator—his love and life which pierces fallenness.